• Hiroya Takeuchi, Hiroaki Miyata, Mitsukazu Gotoh, Yuko Kitagawa, Hideo Baba, Wataru Kimura, Naohiro Tomita, Tohru Nakagoe, Mitsuo Shimada, Kenichi Sugihara, and Masaki Mori.
• *Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, Working Group database committee †The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, database committee ‡National Clinical Database; and §The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, Japan.
• Ann. Surg.. 2014 Aug 1;260(2):259-66.

ObjectiveThis study aimed to create a risk model of mortality associated with esophagectomy using a Japanese nationwide database.MethodsA total of 5354 patients who underwent esophagectomy in 713 hospitals in 2011 were evaluated. Variables and definitions were virtually identical to those adopted by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.ResultsThe mean patient age was 65.9 years, and 84.3% patients were male. The overall morbidity rate was 41.9%. Thirty-day and operative mortality rates after esophagectomy were 1.2% and 3.4%, respectively. Overall morbidity was significantly higher in the minimally invasive esophagectomy group than in the open esophagectomy group (44.3% vs 40.8%, P = 0.016). The odds ratios for 30-day mortality in patients who required preoperative assistance in activities of daily living (ADL), those with a history of smoking within 1 year before surgery, and those with weight loss more than 10% within 6 months before surgery were 4.2, 2.6, and 2.4, respectively. The odds ratios for operative mortality in patients who required preoperative assistance in ADL, those with metastasis/relapse, male patients, and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were 4.7, 4.5, 2.3, and 2.1, respectively.ConclusionsThis study was the first, as per our knowledge, to perform risk stratification for esophagectomy using a Japanese nationwide database. The 30-day and operative mortality rates were relatively lower than those in previous reports. The risk models developed in this study may contribute toward improvements in quality control of procedures and creation of a novel scoring system.

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